Bracelet.



M. L. ROBBINS.

- BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.16, 1911.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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MEYER L. ROBBINS, OF NEW YORK, NYY ASSIGNOR TO UNTERMEYER-ROBBINS & COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BRACELET.

LOZQEJOL T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, MEYER L. RoBBINs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bracelets, and particularly to that kind or style thereof comprising in part a band or strap employed for the purpose of preventing the bracelet from being opened to such an extent as will permit it to accidentally drop off the wrist of the wearer, the object of the invention being to provide an article of jewelry of this kind which may be economically manufactured, which will be effective for the purposes for which it is intended, and which will present a neat, pleasing and attractive appearance. With these and other ends in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a bracelet constructed in accordance with my present invention, partly in elevation and partly in section, the bracelet being shown in its closed adjustment; Fig. 2 is a somewhat similar 'view, the article being shown in its open adjustment; Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 83 of Fig. l, in order to clearly illustrate the means for holding the bracelet in its closed adjustment; Fig. 4 is a view taken on the line H of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the bracelet is constructed of two sections A, B, pivoted or hinged together at C, these sections being made of precious or base metal, and in the form of hollow wire or tubing. Vx ith these two hinged sections is employed a safety band, comprising a continuous loop of flat sheet metal strips D, E, the two strips or strands comprising the loop being approximately parallel, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4c- The section B of the bracelet has formed in, or secured to its extreme end, the disk F provided with a central opening G, through which the eX- treme end H of the loop passes, the corresponding end of the section A having also secured thereto the disk I provided with the opening J through which to permit of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1911.

Patented Apr. 23, T912. Serial No. 666,191.

entrance of the other end K of the loop into said section A. To the disk I, secured in the end of the section A, is soldered or otherwise secured the strand E of the-loop as indicated at E, Fig. 3, in order to hold the latter tightly in place, and against movement with relation to the section A of the bracelet, it being understood that when the ends of the two sections A and B are brought together as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, or separated as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, the free end of the loop will be allowed movement within the section B, a pin L being inserted in the section B and near the free end thereof and passed between the strands D and E, in order to prevent said loop from being entirely disengaged from the section B when said sections are separated. hen the bracelet is opened, the loop moves or slides in the section B from the position as illustrated in Fig. l to that illustrated in Fig. 4, the extreme. end H of the loop striking against the pin L and preventing the further opening of the bracelet. I

In order to lock the sections A, B, in their closed adjustment, I form in one of the strands of the loop a notch M near that end of the loop which is immovably secured to the section A, so that when the-free ends of said sections are brought together, said notch will engage with the disk F, as illustrated in Fig. 3, thereby retaining the free ends of the sections A, B, in close contact. In order to permit of the disengagementof the loop with the section B, and permit of the bracelet being opened, I secure to the same strand of the loop in which the notch M is formed, one end of the pin N, the opposite end being permitted to slightly extend through and beyond the wall of the section A. When this pin is pushed or forced inwardly, the strand of the loop to which it is secured will also be forced inwardly and out of engagement with the disk F, permitting the bracelet to be opened, the tendency of the strands, however, being to separate and thereby engage the notched strand with the said disk when the free ends of the sections A, B, are brought together.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the invention is an exceedingly simple one, is economical to manufacture, as it con sists of but few parts easily and readily assembled. Furthermore, the finished article is particularly neat and attractive in appearance, and consisting as it does of a continuous loop of two strands of metal, avoids to a great extent any danger of the same becoming broken or injured.

What I claim is:

1. A bracelet comprising two hinged sections of tubular metal, a safety resilient band consisting of two strands of metal, one end of which band is secured tightly in one section, and the opposite free end of the band being located and movable within the other of said sections, one strand of the band near the fixed end of the latter being provided with a notch, and with a pin passing through the wall of its respective section, a pin secured within the section containing the freeend of the band and inserted between the strands of the latter whereby to engage with the band to prevent its disengagement with the said section in which it moves, and a disk provided at the extreme end of the section in which said band moves, whereby said disk engages with said notch in the strand when the free ends of the two hinged sections are brought together, said disk having an opening therein, through which the band passes, of less width than said band when the strands of the latter are sprung apart.

2. A bracelet comprising two hinged sections formed of tubular metal, a safety resilient band comprising a continuous loop of metal, said band near one end having one strand thereof tightly secured in one of said hinged sections, the opposite strand near the same end of the band being provided with a notch, the opposite looped free end of the band being located and movable within the other of said hinged sections, said latter hinged section being provided at its extreme end with a disk formed with an opening through which the looped free end of the band passes, the opening in said disk being of less width than the band when the two strands of the latter are sprung apart, and a pin inserted and secured within the last-mentioned section and passing between the strands of said band whereby to prevent the latter from becomingdisengaged from the section in which it moves, said disk located at the extreme end of one of the sections engaging said notch. in the band when the free ends of the two hinged sections are brought together.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of December, A. D. 1911.

MEYER L. ROBBINS.

Witnesses GEORGE GAsoHKn, ARMANI) MANTONE.

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